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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1887-10-06

At R'snwmilI at Tecoma,EW. T., Sep.
TENDER 20, F. w. Sullivan, while:repair-
ing the. sawdust caEriuge,. was, casried
along by the endless chnin and dumped
through an aperture eight inches
square through which the sawdust ID
forced. He was only slightly bruised.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-20
Some Good Bargains.

To any one desiring to find good acreage
in a first-class settlement better In
southern California good schools and
churches convenient. It will pay you to
look this up. Land from $50 to $lUO per
acre. 1t will cost you nothing to come
around and investigate this. We also have
u large LIST of city property.
House and lot between Seventh and Eighth
streets, $110O: on easy terms.
Lots in East Los Angeles, price $4OO, on
the installment plan.
Lots on Electric railway $40O, easy terms.
Twenty acres twelve miles from city, large
plnstered house and barn, orchard and al
falfa on the place, grounds laid out in good
shape, everything ready TO go to work to
farming Terms easy. All for 1900 per
acre.
One hundred acres close to city; good
land, very cheap at $125 per acre. To any
one doubling that these lands will no. pro-
duce good crops, please call around and we
will convince you.
GRREN, AsKENFELrER & McLAREN,
South Fort street.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-20
REAL ESTATE.


oe-Lot childs tract, Myrtle ave s25oo
ayenue '.'Aee. s...'.'.. a"." 2400
5e-Lot Montague tract, brooklyn st 1900
Slot Dimmick tract, Goodman e 12oo
54-LOt Adams street, fronts both
It ny alley yiHn IN rear, ea size % %isoSiss $4,000
55-Lot Pearl st, clean side, between
Eleventh and Twelfth, per foot. 100
56-Lot Main st, clean side, near on
5?-Lot seventh st, near Los Anse- -
les, per foot .......... 100
5sEtot Collado st, top Of knoll ~. 1900
59-Lot Ca roll ave. Angeleno HTS; : 3S0o 3S0o
6O-LOt Calumet ave, Angeleno Hts I4OO
61-Residence 10 rooms, Olive st,
clean side. near Twelfth st, terms - ooo
ea%Resideence % side rooms. rooms, Carroll ave.
Angelefo Heights, a bargain 10000
63-Housc 6 rooms, lot 52x160,
Ninth st, near Pearl, bargain 5000
64-LOt Ssnborn tract, size 112x15O, .
Ruby ave, choice lot. y. 100
slot Second I. st. near Santa Fe 100
s6Nfot Corner Seventh and Vernon
ave, fronting 100 # on Seventh,
255 IT on Vernon ave, and 12O IT so.o
e7@Lot corner Grand ave and JEFF
fereOn st., fronting Grand ave 23O
IT, Jefferson st $50 #, Anita st 100
$50 acres on Central ave, near
Jefferson st. fine well and tank, all
ete ete's .. nne iio''' noa'' 80 $4,000
69-17 acres Central ave and Jeaer-
honses dirt cRean. ner acre 1900
we make specialty of Angeleno Heights
property and have large list now on our
books. Remember the place, FOkD q
MYER, No. North Main street, northeast
corner First and Main streets. T. .. box
1921. Telephone 15. d22m
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-20

Special train will leave los Angeles Friday
December 23d at 0 A. NJ, for Santa Ana
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-20

STREET sPRINKLIN0.
The question of street sprinkling is a very
important one. Nothing Is SO calculated to
Impress the visitor or to conducel TO the
comfort and health OF the eitiz ms as well
spriuked streets. am glad to state hat
for the p st six months the street sprin king
service has been, in the main, satisfactory
In letting a new contract l would suggest
that the contractor be required to procure
new anc firnt-class outfits, and to EN- ploy
drivers of ave rage intelligence 1t might
be good idea for the city in the future to
own the street sprinkling apparatus.
BRIDGES.
The fact OF the Los Angeles river winding
its silvery way through our city makes the
question OF bridges worthy of attention.
would recommend that in conjunction
with the Los Angeles Cable Road Comp ny,
the city build su ostan ial and enduring
bridge sIruc ure at Downey avenue. The
present bridge at that point Is entirely in
adequate Tor the wants of travel in that di-
rectfon..
Los Angeles Cable Road Company agree to
1uin the city in building a yiaduct or ele-
yated road way across the river atFirst street,
the city to pay one-third OF the cost; or the
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-12-20

For the financial condition OF the city, ]
would refer you tp the Auditors report,
which will be presented in few days, l
Workmen's advocate., 1887-03-12
CAUGHT A TARTAR.

The worthy mutton heads of Con- necticut who voted for the New York importation, Lounsbury, for Governor last Fall have indeed caught Tartar which it will re- quire something more powerful than baking soda to remove. Mir. Louns- bury is a monocrat of the genus Hewitt New York.
 Scarcely had he taken his seat be- fore he publicly expressed convc- tion that all criminals, no matter what their crime, murder excepted, should be sentenced to States prison for life. Now he wants the con- victcd boycotters of the New Haven Typographical Union to receive the full penalty of the law-thirty years. But this is not all.
 At recent reception his Royal llighness happened to catch an of- lcer of his staff by the name of Horn in the act of taking a horn of champagne punch, and ordered him to put it down ion the table), adding that he did not allow his staff officers to drink anything stronger than lemonade. The serf meekly com- piled.
 It is rumored that His Majesty is about to issue an order prohibiting the agriculturists of the Connecti- cut legislature from picking their teeth with jack-knives in the lobby of the capitol.
Workmen's advocate., 1887-03-12

pretended accusations. But 1t Is possible that our growing party has in it's ranks honest and well-mean- ing men who are not yet thoroughly acquainted with the interruptions tactics, born of the fear of the labor movement, used by our enemies. The simple yet unfortunate fact tbat there are cheaper means of political chicanery than those alleged, should dispel the doubts of the weak.
 But there is still better guaran- tee of the incorruptibility of the La Dor Party, and that is that it has no individual leaders with any great amount of individual influence. And if any of its members were se- rlously suspected of improper acts, they would be as mercilessly kicked out as if they were democratic" or republican" corruptionists on a spying expedition.
 After all, our besmirched enemies are towards at heart, and their insin- nations do not really deserve notice at our hands.
Workmen's advocate., 1887-03-12
WHAT OTHERS SAY.

The comments of the press upon the platform adopted in Cincinnati
 have been in the main commenda- tory. It Is comparatively short and very concise. The demands upon the main issues are positive and plain though moderate. The opinions of the masses of the American people are rapidly crystalizing in favor of the majority of those demands and no party need hope to live much longer without adopting them. It behooves the politicians who wish to keep in public favor to study these questions. The world is moving.
 Education is advancing with rapid strides. Superstition is fading, dying. Party names can no longer operate as potent spells to lure Amer
 can citizens into suicidal folly.
Workmen's advocate., 1887-03-12
CAREFUL SLANDERERS.

The manner in which the Labor Party is attacked by the capitalistic press ought to be good sign to in- telligent men. The reptile news. papers can find nothing against the character of the individuals who were active in the formation of the new party, and so they make vile insinuations, taking care not to make statements that are actionable. The latest mere insinuatlon that our respected fellow citizen, Herbert c. Baker, of Hartford, was the recipi- ent of money from "republican" politicians Is on par with the care fully worded, oppareM assertion that the late chairman of our Town Committee, and the editor of the WoRKMEN's ADVOCATE were pre- sented with thousands of dollars by republicans" for their zeal in the political labor movement. The Reg- ister, which printed these ridiculous stories, was very careful not to make too positive assertions. Among other things it was minated that republican" politicians had ordered fifteen thousand copies of the WORK MEMS ADVOCATE, at three cents q copy, for distribution. Now, the Register is printed in the same building with the WoRKMEN's AD- voCATE, and one of the proprletors of the Register is also president of the printing concern which has printed the ADVOCATE ever since it became regular weekly publication. Yet, our highest circulation never reached more than 3,500 in any one week, and that Is the highest amount that was ever printed.
 For those who have worked in the labor movement for years side by side with the citizens who nave been intentionally slandered, no answer to such vile insinuations is required Nor would any be needed for those who carefully read and consider the
Workmen's advocate., 1887-03-12
Principle will be the pathway to progress in the future. South Uest.
CAPITALISTS ARMING.

The voting of 2l,0O0,000 dollars by the United States Senate towards the erection of a great military es- tablshment has caused considerable excitement, especially among the working population, The pretext for this enormous expenditure is the fear of foreign invasion. Consider ing how the American press and politicians have boasted of the strength of their citizen force and of the greater confidence that could be placed in men who fought freely for their country than in those who were compelled to sacrifice them selves for the glory of continental despotlsms," this preteXt is just a trite too "thin." The true reason for this sudden fear of "foreign in- vasion" on the part of the pluto cratic Senate is, of course, the in- creasng strength of organized labor and the rapid growth of the Social ist movement. Events move quickly Tn the States, and it may not be long before we shall see "the land of of the free" dominated by a military police and placed under a minor state of siege. The capitalist cor porations of America are brutal enough for infamy when once their dominition is threatened. -LOndon %stice.
Workmen's advocate., 1887-03-12

patchwork will be enacted, or, what is equally possible, the law will be repealed and the railroad corpora tions will triumph. Meanwhile they will take profitable revenge by pool ing their issues and fleecing the na- tion under the protection of law that was intended @ to benefit the people.
 We, Socialists, cannot resist the inclination to smile at the puerile attempts of great nation to escape the penalty of q bad system without abollshlng that system. All the learned political economists who are hired to teach the sons of corpora tion barons and mercantile princes how to acquire wealth by legal thleyery cannot show the hopeful young scholars how to escape the in- evitable results of the capltallstlc competitive system. They shut their eyes to the future, and all their sci ence ends in sea of loisSer f0ire. They and thelr employers say upon their coin, "ln God we trust" while as a matter of fact they only trustin the ignorance of the masses to per petuate a system that gives them the privilege of eating the bread of idle ness. Fortunately for the people; fortunately, also, for the explolters, there is growing sentiment that it Is wrong to steal even under cover of purchased legislation. It is also true that mere sentiment will not cure the evil. Action is necessary, but not such action as will merely tear down. The propositions of Social ism as enunciated by the Socialistic Labor Party, though revolutionary, are constructive and based upon scientific principles, the recognition and adoption of which are merely a question of time.
 Meanwhile it is interesting, and, if it were not for the suffering to hu- manlty entailed, it would be anus ing to note the sham and stupid ef- forts put forth by insincere reform CTS and intellectual pigmies respect ively, to mollify the impatient beo- pie who feel that "somethlng is wrong."
Workmen's advocate., 1887-03-12
FEARED AND FORBIDDEN.

The London Democrat says that the word shame is no longer to be allowed in the House of Commons, and remarks that the English Parlia- mcnt has fallen so low that shame" is the one English word that ex- presses the general stata. If the government were conducted by hon. orable men, members might cry "shame" till they tired.
 What is true of the English Par lament is true of our ruling classes in relation to boycotting. If boy cotted employers were not conscious of deserving to be boycotted, and if the obedient servants (paid by the people) of the employing class were not satisfied of the guilt of their masters, they would not fear the boycott. But the exploiters know that the boycott is dangerous to those who trample on the rights of the people, and therefore it is feared and-forbidden.
Workmen's advocate., 1887-03-12
NOTES.

The Chicago Labor Enquirer is an excellent paper, and Jo. Bu- chanan is an able editor, but some- how or other he don't seem so anY- ious to "din in the barricade" as when he lived in Denver.
 The Dearer Labor EnqWirer is authority for the information that the report of "Mr Powderly's being summoned to Rome for neglecting to submit his last secret circular to the proper authority" is premature.
Workmen's advocate., 1887-03-12
IN HIS OWN BEHALF.
Mir. POwderly Says His Actions Are Endorsed Brilliant Chances
 ScOrned.

i''Vh ht"s
 The Chief of the K. of L., in a letter to a friend, which has been permitted to be printed, thus de- fends himself against the accusations of those whom he calls enemies of "right and justice:'
 'I am literally besieged with cor respondence indorsing my action in matters pertaining to the order, but find very few who attach any impor- tance to the attacks made by indi- yiduals or newspapers. The unfair reference in the press of the 5000 salary hurts my feelings most. l do not merit that kind of treatment, as you know. I always opposed a high salary for myself, and for sev- eral years peremptorily refused the OlleI lIOHl tilc NcllcIdl hsScHlDly, but at the last session I found myself confronted by and open to two charges, either of which was sure to prevail against me through the ef- forts of designing enemies, inside and outside the order.
 "l. If an advance of salary fa- vored by the representatives at Rich mond and the order at large was re- fused, then would be dishonest, and certainly under compensation from the enemies of the order or the great labor to be performed would not be undertaken.
 "2. If an advance of salary was accepted, then it could be said it came from the working people of the country, and the services ren- dered were not adequate for the sal ary fixed.
 "This was the unpleasant position of affairs, but no word of favor of the proposed action of the Assembly came from me. Had my individual interests been consulted, the offer of slO0 per week, made previous to the session at Hamilton, would have been accepted, as the proposed labor would have called for but eight hours in the twenty-four. Since then offers have come to me unso- licited, ranging from 5000 to sG,- 900 year for my services in busi- ness pursuits, four of which now stand open for my acceptance.
 "The duties of the position held in the order require close and ex, haustive mental labor, anywhere from twelve to eighteen hours a day and therefore cannot be considered a slnecure. My purpose to stand by the order, regardless of the action o- enemies within or without, can no be shaken. l worked for the organ ization when the privilege of doing so was paid for and when the few individuals now in the order whC are assaiIing me through sinister mo tives, were doing their utmost t, prevent the success of its principles when they were on the outside. shall continue to work for the pur pose and teachings of the Knights o Labor, pay or no pay, until my life labor ends. The work of years mus not, shall not, be thrown away t gratify enemies of right and justice.
Workmen's advocate., 1887-03-12
NEW HAVEN, MARCH l2, 1887.
REVENGE.

The Inter- State Commerce bill has become law, and the prediction of its friends seem less and less likely to be fulfilled. The opposition of the railroad magnates to it's enact ment has turned into a suspicious zeal since congress was so stupid as to make such law.
 It's proposition in the first place looked like a ''strke"-a legislative strike. But the railroad men, it seems, did not properly respond to the gentle mandate, being deter mined upon different tactics. An editorial in the Hartford Times clearly sets forth the scheme of the railroad kings-they propose to make the Interstate Commerce law un- popular by enforcing it in vigorous manner. This is what the Times (capitalist) says about it:
 "The large railroad companies are serving notice that all their special rate contracts will be ended in Il few days under the provisions of the Interstate Commerce bill. No more excursion rates will be offered. and all special contracts are to be abandoned There will be great complaints over this. The shippers of grain and provisions, who send their pro ducts over the rails ten or fifteen hun dred miles, have had special long haul rates, and the consumers of flour and beef have received the benefit of cheap rate. But under this Inter State Com merce bill only regular rates will be ac- cepted by the railroad companies. We doubt whether this new law will become popular"
 Thus is exhibited the transcondent beauty of patchwork legislation. The small shippers who objected to the discrimination in favor of their large competitors expected to derive the benefit of a lower rate of freightage, or at least compel their competitors to pay proportlonately as high a tariff upon their large shipments. They have succeeded admirably; but as the small concerns, though more numerous than the large ones, rcckoned without their host, for, as the Times says, "the consumers have received the benefit of cheap rates. ; This may be corrected, however and modified to this extent, that the consumers have received the beneti of but a small part of the difference between long and short haul and large and small shipment tariffs.
 The railroad companies, strong ir the posSessiOn of the means of trans portation, protected by law Tn tn, exercise of supreme authority, anC fearing naught from weak and vena legislatures, can well defy the pub lie opinion of people who, for tn sake of what they consider individua freedom, hesitate to establish So cialistic precedent which would b of immense advantage to the nation namely, the ownership and contrc of the railroads by the whole people
 There certainly will be complaint over the workings of this law: patel work legislation, of which the Inter State law Is fair sample, never ca eradicate a fundamental evil. Blu instead of applying correct ren edy-the only real remedy-it
 more than likely that further leg
Workmen's advocate., 1887-03-12
Mir. Powderly still acts advisedly.

Immediately alter the late election in Germany large purchases of gov ernment securities were made by the tools of Bismarck at the Paris Bourse. This trick worked to a charm, and the credit of and conf dence in the imperial government was firmly established in the estima- tlon of the money lenders. But the fact that such trick was resorted to by Bismarck is of infinite com fort to his enemies.
 From the description given in their official journal of the palatial new headquarters of the National Executive Board of the Noble and Holy Order of Knights of Labor, we should judge that the kickers and dlsturbers of the peace and quiet of the inner circle had no reason for further complaint. 'Tis true, they cannot all enjoy the double-distllled luxury of the palatial mansion, but they can read about it, and by proxy partake of its richness; so, we trust there will be no more silly protests against assessments.
 Once more the capitalist class has occasion to mourn the loss of one of it's high priests. The man who so ably advocated the cause of the chattel slave a quarter of a century ago, but who proved an enemy to the wage slaves of the present genera tion, has passed away. We cannot even express that regret which might be accorded the memory of a high minded and honest enemy He had no personal interest in the perpetra- tion of negro slavery, while his for tunes were cast with the perpetual tors of wage slavery and exploiters of the wage-working people. Beecher is dead.
 An off-color constellation com posed of the Hartford 7elegram (E. M. Graves, formerly of New Haven); ]; Albert w. Walker, to the best of our knowledge legally adjudicated crank" whose effusions were re- fused publication Tn the WoRKMEN's s ADvOCATE-this manner of men ap- parently charge citizens with accept ing bribe money. They are careful not to lay themselves liable to a suit at law, but they will experience some- thing which is more appropriate to such creatures-the utter contempt of honest men, and, if legal occasion should arise, thepropulsive power of some workingman's boot.
 Professor Edward Atkinson, soup maker extraordinary, who has spent the greater part of his life in endeav- bring to scientifically demonstrate that workingman with a large family can live in luxury on dollar a day by means of soup made from butchers scraps, is reforming. Al a recent meeting of the Nineteenth Century Club, composed of New
 York millionaires, he spoke as fol
 lows: "If the workmen and work
 women are half as dangerous as some people would have you believe your city would have been sacked twenty years ago. The only an archists to be dreaded to-day in thi country are those who make use O the law for carrying on fraud.
 Come again, Edward.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-09-09

too proud to try to win his favor by
throwing off her mask.
And so two lives light have been
spoiled. had not one impulsive mo-
ment broken the evil charm.
Lucan and Nell we're sitting on
the shaded side porch one morning
she was busy with a pretty trif1e OF
fancy work, and he was reading aloud.
Mrs Graham was in the kitchen
making peach marmalade.
Suddenly Nell started up and i'm.
petnously y said:
I'm not going to stand it any long
er." With that she ran to the kitchen
sent her mother away in spite of her
remonstrances, and took her place at
the marmalade kettle.
Mrs. Graham flew to the sympathe,
tic Sally Bean to pour forth her sor.
row.
"She was doing so nicely, and all in
n moment, before you could say Jack
Robinson, she came whirling out into
the kitchen and spoiled everything"
On her return to the house she
fou"d Nell bending critically over the
marmaade. while Lucian had an arm
about her waist.
Nell and ! have come to an under
Standing. Will you give your con-
sent to our marriage, cousin p said
Lucian, holding his industrious
sweetheart tighter as she tried to slip
away.
And it's all becau,e | couldn't help
showing that | am bee, instead Of u
butterfly! laughed saucy Nell, as she
hid her blushing face on Lucian's
shoulder.
lie must have been head over ears
in love aith her. if he could take her
IN spite of her conduct ! marveled
Miss Sally.
And all her cherished ideas received
u shock hen she learned that in spite
Of should read because.